Melody manages administration and grants for the Center for Media Engagement. Previously, she worked with procurement and budgets in Undergraduate Education in the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin, managed programming and business affairs for a local Austin house museum, and interned in digital education programming at the British Museum in London, England. Melody received her B.A. from Texas State University at San Marcos and M. Liberal Arts in Humanities from St. Edwards University in Austin, Texas.